Don't know if this IS a Sand Crab since it doesn't look like Jerry Kirkhart's sand crab image on Wikipedia. I'm wondering if this might be a young version of the creature (he's a bit smaller than adult sand crabs and not as wide). I found three or four look-alikes, all headed towards the water after a wave receded.
Any ID help would be appreciated.
Oh, one more thing - they can jump a little, too.
Pacific Sand Crab or Sand Mole - maybe
Emerita analoga - maybe
Thanks Marlin - Megalorchestia californiana, a distant relative of the sand crab (emphasis on 'distant').
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